Our Joys and Concerns

We announce the death of , the Rev. Donald Lee Ray who passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 in Ellsworth at the age of 92. Don was a continuing member of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas. After graduating from Sterling college and Dubuque Seminary, he served the First Presbyterian Church in Ellsworth for 26 years from 1965 until his retirement in 1991. He was named pastor emeritus of the church in 1993. After retirement he served area churches of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas and took care of his wife Beverly who passed away in 2010. A memorial service will be held at ​the ​First Presbyterian Church ​of​ Ellsworth on Monday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m. Please keep Don's family and the Ellsworth congregation in your prayers as they grieve Don's death and celebrate his life.

Please keep Virginia Bohn and her family in your prayers. Virginia and her daughter Jan Rice are members of Topeka St. Andrews. Virginia has been hospitalized in Topeka with sepsis and a heart condition and the church requests our prayers.

Our prayers and sympathy surround Patrick Yancey and his family as they mourn the loss of Pat's father, Glenwood Yancey, who passed away on February 3rd, 2018. Pat's mother passed away this past November and the family is comforted by the assurance that their parents are now reunited in God's loving arms.​ Services were held on Monday, February 12th at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Topeka. Pat is currently the Director of Pastoral Care at Topeka FPC, serves as chair of the PNK Youth Ministries Committee and is a PNK Authorized Pulpit Supply.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Mike and Jenny Kuner as they grieve the death of Jenny's mother, Dorothy Slemmons. Jenny and Dorothy are both members of the First Presbyterian Church of Topeka and Mike is pastor at the Wakarusa Presbyterian Church and a member of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas. A Celebration of Life service was held for Dorothy at the church on Friday, February 9th.

​Furthermore, we continue to hold Mike Kuner in our prayers. Mike has been suffering for quite some time with a severe cough, extreme exhaustion and weakness and pain in his side. ​Medical t​ests have not determined a cause yet. Symptoms are better than they were but continue. Please continue to keep Mike in your prayers. ​

​Congratulations and best wishes go out to Jan DeVries and ​Ed Rowland who have announced that they are engaged to be married. ​A ​wedding date ​has not been set but ​Jan shared that the engagement ring was purchased in Bethlehem. Jan was General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas in the 90's.​

​Our prayers go out to Penny Allton as she has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment which will be followed by surgery and more treatment. Penny wishes to share how blessed she is to have such an amazing support system of friends and family and our loving God by her side through this tough time. Penny and her husband, Thad, are members at the First Presbyterian Church of Topeka and Penny is a PNK Authorized Pulpit Supply and has completed the PNK Commissioned Ruling Elder Program. Please keep Thad and Penny in your prayers.​

​Furthermore, please also keep Thad and Penny Allton and Thad's family in your prayers as Thad's brother, Gene, died recently.

​Please keep all of our brothers and sisters here in PNK and elsewhere that are suffering with this year's flu virus and other viruses in your prayers and don't forget to wash your hands often and if you end up with a virus, stay home so you don't spread it to others.

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